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battery problem....wont charge if 0%

ok, on my xda mini s, if i plug the charger in at 2% to 99% it charges fine
but, i let the battery go so dead that it wont charge. so i bought another one and it did the same
is there a software fix for this? can i charge the batteries another way? both are only 6 weeks old and charge fine in my mates mini s (one of the first ones) mine is only 6 weeks old
its now getting very annoying
thanks

What are you running? G3 or G4, IPL/SPL, ROM version??

hi mate
ipl 2.21.001
spl 2.21.001
gsm 0.2.07.10
os 2.21.4.1
so just to clarify, I think there needs to be a tiny amount of power the the device to power it enough to recognise the charger is plugged in
i have 2 batteries with 0% energy - none will charge. The 3rd battery charges fine if more then 1% is left before I stick the charger in
thanks

Actually my boss had the same problem with his 8125. He was running wi-fi & music and it killed the battery all the way dead. I don't think there's a fix. He had to buy a new battery.

Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1206238&postcount=9

Looks like mfrazzz has the answer!

wow, ok i am a nuby and you might not like the solution but, every time my battery runs out completely and i cant charge it, disconnect the charger trust me on this one, lick the top of the charger connect it back and at first it will show a red light leave it there for about 4 minutes, then disconnect it and connect it back and your battery will start chargin again. trust me on this one ive done it like 4 times.

mafioso617 said:
wow, ok i am a nuby and you might not like the solution but, every time my battery runs out completely and i cant charge it, disconnect the charger trust me on this one, lick the top of the charger connect it back and at first it will show a red light leave it there for about 4 minutes, then disconnect it and connect it back and your battery will start chargin again. trust me on this one ive done it like 4 times.
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Dude!! I just have to ask...
HOW DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT??? I mean, where you just sitting around thinking... Hmmm... I think I'll lick the top and stick it in.. hummm... I guess I'll leave it in for about 2 min... no... 3 min... oooo I think 4 min would be perfect.. then I'll unplug it and ummm... plug it back in!! Oh yeah!! That will do it!!!
Just kidding around!!!

wow, amazing stuff thanks
can i get an external charger/docker for the batteries?
do ALL these devices have the same problem or just the newer ones? my old one didnt do it (unless it still had some power in it)
Thanks

There is both a battery charger that you stick your battery in and a cradle that charges both your Wizard and also has a slot for a second battery. I couldn't find the single battery charger, but the dock can be found by searching for 8125 twin cradle.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Twin-Desktop-Cr...ryZ15037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mfrazzz said:
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1206238&postcount=9
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hi mate,
my battery does not have any markings to say + and -
do you know which is which?
thanks

m2rvh said:
my battery does not have any markings to say + and -
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Ok, on my 8125 with the battery oriented exactly how it sits in the phone, the + is the top most contact and the - is the bottom most contact.

Here's a pic of a battery I found and you can just make out the + (red) / - (black) on the pic.
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im not trying to ruin this great party, but were you trying to charge your MDA with the USB cord after you drained it? cuz u have to charge by A/C....
ohh and that licking thing....it works with AA batteries, 'cept you put them under your armpits for a few minutes

Brand new Galaxy SII, stuck on "empty battery screen"

Hello,
Just got my SGS2, I played with it for about 10 minutes and the battery died.
I figured it would because it was new and I hadnt charged it yet, so no big deal.
Then I plug it in.
For the last 45 minutes, it has been flashing this screen then going black.
I can't do anything
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Thanks for any help.

mikesaint27 said:
What do I do?
Thanks for any help.
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Return it and get it replaced.

There is literally no fix for this?

mikesaint27 said:
There is literally no fix for this?
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I wouldn't know, but no new phone is supposed to act like that.

Have you tried pulling the battery or booting into recovery? Also try another usb cable or wall outlet, maybe it's not getting a charge. Make sure the usb port is clean. I'm sorry but I don't have a definitive solution.

I had the same issue after 2 weeks of use when i was on a business trip!!!. I left the phone plugged in overnight and it charged. As far as i remember id displayed full charge next day but actually it was not fully charged (i guess it was about 20%). So after a couple of recharge cycles it worked ok.

rah77az said:
I had the same issue after 2 weeks of use when i was on a business trip!!!. I left the phone plugged in overnight and it charged. As far as i remember id displayed full charge next day but actually it was not fully charged (i guess it was about 20%). So after a couple of recharge cycles it worked ok.
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I just had this happen today on my ATT Galaxy S II. But what happened was I let the battery almost drain and I had a brand new oem battery that I had charging over night. So with the old battery in I rebooted into recovery wiped battery stats and powered off. I then put the new battery in and when I plugged it in it was stuck at this screen. It seems to be charging though and how you can bypass it is unplug it and just hold the power button down for like 10 seconds it will reboot.
But the question is.. will it go back to normal and show that it's actually charging for everyone? or did some get stuck for good? Since the thread is old I'm sure you guys have either gotten yours replaced or after a while it just started working normally again. So I'm curious on how to fix it. It's happening with both batteries on this phone now but work fine in another phone

May be let it charge and then calibrate your battery
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Had the exact same issue when I bought mine... Turned out I had not plugged the battery correctly. Just try removing the battery and put it back.
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I got it working again. I think thee might be a bug with CWM or CM when you wipe battery stats/recreates them. I restored to the bone stock rom and the icon started animating again. I restored CM 7 which was the version I wiped the bat stats and it stopped working again. I then just reflashed CM on top and it started working again go figure Thanks guys

I had faced that problem too.Just try plugging out and in the battery and start the phone.Make sure the battery is fixed into it's place.If it is still not working,continue the plug-out and in the battery and start the phone again.Try it for several times.It will work.When i was in that situation,i thought mine was BRICK.Hopefully replugging the battery fixed this problem.
Another situation is when i plug in a fully charged battery,it only shows 60 percent after booting.After replugging the battery,it just got right back to 99.

Good stuff - when I bought my phone, the first charge took so long.
Is it true that the wall charger charges the phone faster than the USB charger? (just something I have noticed).
Thanks

Battery issues

Hi everyone. My Nexus 7 (WiFi 16GB) is almost unusable ever since the latest update. The tablet does not charge properly, it is very slow, and once it reaches 67% it stops and doesn't go up anymore. And it drains very quickly as well, it takes just under 4 hours from 67% to something like 10%. And even when I plug it in, I need to leave it alone if I wish it to charge, since it still does not charge (it does, but the discharge rate is bigger than rate charge, so it basically is discharging while charging). I tried flashing another ROM but I get Status 7 in TWRP, I have been getting it for a long time now every time I try to flash an update or a ROM, even though I flashed factory image on it, both manually and via some toolkit. I cannot do it now since I am not home for another week or so, and the only computer available to me is not mine.
Is there anything I can do at this point? I do not even know what is it - is it 4.2.2 or the battery itself (I tried turning it off and charging it while it is off, the same thing happens - very slow). Also, I should add that I am mainly using the original charger which came in the box, but I tried other chargers as well. It was bought from Play Store in November 2012, so I am the first owner.
Thanks

JavaJunkay said:
My Nexus 7 (WiFi 16GB) is almost unusable ever since the latest update.
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I'm in the same boat, although mine is unrooted and stock... I can't recall if this started since the last update, but it was a gradual slope down to where I haven't been able to get it to charge for the past day. at first it was just charging really slow, now it's not charging at all. I'm using the OEM charger and cord (tried another usb cord, but still nothing). When I plug it in, the charging indicator will come on, however it just doesn't charge.
I've tried all the fixes in the stickied post (plug into computer, then wall... quickly unplug and plug the usb into the charger repeatedly, turn off and charge... pop the back off and unplug and replug in the battery), but I think my (our?) issue is separate from what that thread is trying to solve.
One thing I tried is turning it off and plugging it in. the larger battery icon would show up, show that it's charging, but letting it go overnight like this, then turning it on, it's still at the same % as when I turned it off. Nothing is working.
I'm beginning to believe that my nexus 7 is on it's last discharge unless anyone has any suggestions. Below is a screen shot of my battery discharging even while plugged in. the short spike was after rebooting then unplugging and replugging it back in... but then some unknown time later it just stopped charging. the small spikes at the right are trying all the methods from the sticky thread trying to get it to start charging. I then turned it off overnight with it plugged in.. and it's the same.
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Broken - help please...

I have a relatively new (refurbished) nexus 7 (2012) that got a sudden fault of not turning on at all.
When plugged in I get the normal charging icons (central screen) as when the tablet is off.
Unplugged it does nothing with any button press: power, power + all combination of volume buttons.
Pledged in it does something only with power button - backlight turns on with dark background and flickering stripes of static.
Plugging into pc shows nothing.
It's been sent if for repair and they said the battery was ploughed in backwards! And they've swapped it around.
I don't get how it worked for a month if it was the wrong way around in the first place.
Sent back to me this week with no change!!
Suggestions of ways to resolve it my self?
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targett said:
I have a relatively new (refurbished) nexus 7 (2012) that got a sudden fault of not turning on at all.
When plugged in I get the normal charging icons (central screen) as when the tablet is off.
Unplugged it does nothing with any button press: power, power + all combination of volume buttons.
Pledged in it does something only with power button - backlight turns on with dark background and flickering stripes of static.
Plugging into pc shows nothing.
It's been sent if for repair and they said the battery was ploughed in backwards! And they've swapped it around.
I don't get how it worked for a month if it was the wrong way around in the first place.
Sent back to me this week with no change!!
Suggestions of ways to resolve it my self?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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You can open the back plate of the Nexus 7 yourself. It comes off fairly easily. You can then see if the charging port is clear of debris, if it might be slightly bent out of shape, or if somehow the battery is connected backwards... LOL. That seems highly unlikely to me.
What you are describing sounds more like sleep of death, or what happens when you drain the n7 battery completely. Something is wonky with the firmware and it "forgets" how to charge when the battery is too low. Doing this off the top of my head but I think what you are supposed to do is;
1 - plug in charger, which starts the charging animation.
2 - hold power+volume up+volume down to boot into the bootloader
3 - using the volume buttons to scroll, select reboot (or recovery)
4 - quickly unplug then plug back in the charging cable. Timing is key.
There is a thread in the Q&A forums with other methods if I didn't write that down right, or it if doesn't work.

Problem solved!
I popped open the back cover to find the connection from the battery to the main board nut fitting tightly all the way in (only by about 5mm). Pushed it in and secured it.
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Is my G2 dead? All of a sudden my screen went black and now it won't turn on anymore

Hi guys
today morning my phone suddenly turned itself off. Meaning that it did not properly shut down but the screen just went black. I had it plugged into my laptop at that point and the laptop registered it disconnecting at the same time it went off.
Ever since then it has been in a comateous state and nothing works when I try to turn it back on.
I tried booting in Recovery/Download mode, with and without the cable plugged in. Did not work
When I connect it to the computer or a charger it now gets incredibly warm/hot. You can still touch it but you can tell it's far hotter than it should be (or ever was in my case).
I have now removed the back cover and disconnected the battery. After that I pushed the power button for a few seconds and re-connected the battery, still dead.
While it was still open, I connected it to my charger and figured out the area which gets hot is this one:
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Any idea why this could be or what could have happened to my beloved phone? :crying:
I had its display replaced a month back at some 3rd party repair service but it has been working fine since then. I fear it is related to that.
Thank you very much for any input or help!
It was running Cloudy G3 2.0 and Dorimanx Kernel with stock settings.

bragih said:
Hi guys
today morning my phone suddenly turned itself off. Meaning that it did not properly shut down but the screen just went black. I had it plugged into my laptop at that point and the laptop registered it disconnecting at the same time it went off.
Ever since then it has been in a comateous state and nothing works when I try to turn it back on.
I tried booting in Recovery/Download mode, with and without the cable plugged in. Did not work
When I connect it to the computer or a charger it now gets incredibly warm/hot. You can still touch it but you can tell it's far hotter than it should be (or ever was in my case).
I have now removed the back cover and disconnected the battery. After that I pushed the power button for a few seconds and re-connected the battery, still dead.
While it was still open, I connected it to my charger and figured out the area which gets hot is this one:
[not my photo]
Any idea why this could be or what could have happened to my beloved phone? :crying:
I had its display replaced a month back at some 3rd party repair service but it has been working fine since then. I fear it is related to that.
Thank you very much for any input or help!
It was running Cloudy G3 2.0 and Dorimanx Kernel with stock settings.
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Same here bud. Just happened to me about an hour ago on my VS980 (JPC's CM11).